A Discourse Delivered At Dorchester Dec 29 1799 Being the Lords Day After
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The glorious termination of the arduous con- teft which clofed his military career with fuccefs, and crowned his country with liberty, indepen- dence, and peace, gave to his fame a luftre fupe- rior to that of the moft fhining characters in an- tient or modern times. Former heroes were ftimulated to deeds of civil enterprife or exploits of martial achievement by ambitious defigns of perfonal aggrandizement or the lawlefs luft of power : but he accepted command with reluctance ; exercifed it wit...h moderation ; voluntarily refigned it, when he had accompliftied the purpofes for which it had been given, with the fame humility with which he received it j and with cheerful fatisfaftion quitted the fplendid honors of exalted rank and C I* ] public office, for the lowly fhade of retirement and the unambitious ftation of a private citizen. Former heroes fought to extend their territo- ries and accumulate property, and returned laden with the fpoils of foes they had vanquiflied and cities they had facked : but he fought only to benefit his country, endured the fatigues and perils of war, and refufed all pecuniary remun- eration but what was barely adequate to defray his neceffary expenfes ; deeming his felf fuf- ficiently rewarded in having ferved his country and deferved well of it.
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